Creating Art for Alberta Parks
What do you get when you mix frustration, creative energy, an extra cup of coffee and a threat to our province’s protected areas? In my case, a team of artists defending Alberta parks with their [...]
Citizen Action
Citizen Action
Rallying for Universal Basic Income
If you’d told me at the start of 2020 that within six months I’d be organizing a rally for universal basic income, I probably would have stared at you blankly. Or spit out my morning [...]
By Dana Wylie
Blogging the Revolution
How does a corporate lawyer working in Alberta’s energy sector get tagged as a communist by those who believe the Conservatives in all their true-blue iterations are the natural ruling party in [...]
By Susan Wright
Asking Women to Run
As a preteen I learned what it meant to be powerless. I lived in a country where women are oppressed, and as a young girl I found that suffocating. My mother wasn’t allowed to drive. My aunt had [...]
Bearing Witness for Trout
I slip into my chest waders again, the ones with the carbide tips for traction. The water of Hidden Creek is cold in late September, a medium you do not want to fall into. But to bull trout the [...]
By Lorne Fitch
Encamping for Change
On Friday, July 24, at 4:00 a.m., 25 people deployed onto the grassy space across the street from Edmonton’s downtown baseball stadium. We erected 10 tents and set into motion a plan to welcome [...]
Striking for Climate Action
It was was minus 20. I had my winter gear on and hand-warmers in my mitts. A small group of us stood shivering by the side of the road holding our signs. Mine read “Unite Behind the Science,” but [...]
Defending Your Rights
My name is Sadie Vipond, I am 14 years old, and I am part of a lawsuit against the federal government. All 15 of the youth involved in La Rose et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen are being affected [...]
By Sadie Vipond
Organizing a Constituency Association
My favourite photo of the Edmonton-Riverview NDP volunteers shows a group of them around my dining room table in 2019 intently studying our constituency’s new poll map. It’s clear these people [...]
Disrupting Business As Usual
During the morning rush hour of October 7, 2019, 10 members of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion Edmonton locked arms and blockaded Walterdale Bridge, shutting down traffic for 80 [...]
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The Nenshi Years
I find it easy to forget what Calgary was like when it all began—before what I’ll call the Nenshi Years. It feels like a lifetime ago, several political epochs back. Before the pandemic, before the Olympic bid, before the flood. Before the boom—and whole boom–bust cycle—ended. Before the PC collapse ...
Sidewalks to Nowhere
On a cool November evening in 2012, a crowd of more than 100 invited guests, primarily land developers, gathered at a private venue in downtown Calgary. The host was Cal Wenzel, head of Shane Homes. From a stage in front of a big screen he proceeded to review each Calgary ...
Amarjeet Sohi
On a Friday morning in spring 2016, Amarjeet Sohi sat barefoot in the den of his craftsman style home in south Edmonton. His first few months as Canada’s federal minister of infrastructure had been frantic, sending him across the country to listen to the wants and needs of every big-city ...